SCSA10-1 Objective 1.2 - Perform Solaris 10 OS install from DVD or CD
The second objective in section 1 states:
Perform an OS installation from CD / DVD for SPARC, x64, and x86- based systems.
The Sun docs for installing/upgrading on SPARC are here. There are three options for the interface while installing or upgrading. There is a full GUI (boot cdrom), a plain, wholesome text-only console session (boot cdrom - nowin), and a hybrid, the text session in a graphical windows (boot cdrom - text). The boot cdrom … command is issued at the ok> prompt. The parameter cdrom is used whether the drive is a CD or DVD drive as it is just a device alias for the CD or DVD drive in the system.
The x86 version is here. Like the SPARC installation, the x86 installer has an option for a GUI or text-only (hybrid) interface. Since there is not a console on an x86 box, the third option is not available. During the installation process, the option will be given for a Desktop or Console session, corresponding to the GUI and text-only options above.
There is no mention in the Sun documentation for a separate installation process for x64 processors, but it makes sense that they would be consistent with the x86 installation process.
The installation process is generally a process of answering questions about the new operating system (what’s the root users password? should it use DHCP to set its ethernet interfaces?). One of the tricky parts of making a good Solaris install is laying out the hard drive(s) into appropriate slices. Sun documentation has a checklist for installation which gives a list of the questions that will be asked during installation with some more detailed descriptions and the default answers.